POLITICS

Delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region, have hailed flagbearer aspirant, Kojo Bonsu for his message of unity and hope. “Kojo Bonsu, we love your message and campaign style,” the delegates from Nkawkaw, New Abirem and Afram Plains declared on Friday, during a meeting with the former Mayor of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. The NDC flagbearer hopeful ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama is urging the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern region to remain calm and resort to dialogue to resolve any misunderstanding. There is a standoff between the regional chairman Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila and secretary Sualisu Be-Awuribe, a development which led to an assault on some executives on Saturday. During ...

The Economic and Organized Crime Office, (EOCO), has opined that for the fight against corruption to be successful, ruling governments must be willing to prosecute their own corrupt officials before they prosecute their political opponents The Eastern regional Director of EOCO, Fred Dzeny said this in Koforidua in an interview with Starr News on the side-lines of a roundtable discussion ...

Prof. Joshua Alabi, a Russian trained economist and chartered marketer, has said big shots in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) support his bid to lead the party for the 2020 general elections. Speaking on Happy FM’s ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ political show, he said “Numerous stalwarts of the NDC are solidly behind me. They help me financially on campaign tours and ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, is laying blame at the doorstep of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the ongoing saga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). According to him, by ignoring the date set by the Supreme Court for ruling on ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama says time has exposed the claims by the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that, his government’s Green Book of achievements was photoshopped. According to Mr. Mahama, the existence of some of his government’s major achievements notwithstanding, the NPP through a sustained campaign of lies, convinced Ghanaians that those projects did not exist. Ahead of ...

Former president John Mahama has said time has exposed the falsehood in claims by the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that his government’s Green Book of achievements was photoshopped. Ahead of the 2016 elections, top members of the NPP raised doubts about the existence of some major infrastructure projects which were completed by the Mahama administration and published in ...

Parliament has approved the nomination of Kojo Oppong Nkrumah as the Information Minister. Brong Ahafo Regional Minister Evans Opoku Bobie, Gender Minister Cynthia Morrison, Upper East Regional Minister Paulina Abayage, and two other Deputy Ministers have also been approved by the House. Their approval follows a successful vetting by Parliament’s Appointment Committee last week and its recommendation for all the ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged the Akufo-Addo government not to run away from the views it championed on borrowing when it was in opposition. He said, in opposition, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) made it looked like borrowing was evil, and that they could administer the country without borrowing money. But after coming into office, the former President ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dared the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to file a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights and Administration Justice (CHRAJ) to probe President Akufo-Addo over his alleged role in the bribery scandal that rocked the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Embattled former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi had been captured ...